homophile

adj

Etymology

From homo- + -phile.

Reacting only with homologous antigens.
2
Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's…
Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
- It seems that many homophile Bostonians don't patronize Provincetown for various reasons. Wake-up you homophile brothers and sisters. You have a great resort in your own backyard.
3
Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement emphasizing love…
Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement emphasizing love over sex.
- In so many of his opinions, he seemed a throwback to the respectable "homophile conservatism" of the 1950s. Odd for one so young.
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1. An antibody that reacts only with homologous antigens.
2. 5
  A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for…
  A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
  - ‘You see that dashing young homophile stood over there? The one with the highly commendable bone structure?’

No curated loop yet for homophile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA